TOWN & COUNTRY

Timaru Herald, Volume C, Issue 15334, 30 April 1914, Page 6

TOWN & COUNTRY

The Weather Bulletin last evening was as follows:—"The barometer has risen in the north and fallen slightly in the south to-day, and strong S.E. to N.E. winds have been reported. The weather has been cloudy, with pasing showers on the east coast, and a thunderstorm occurred at Gisborne this afternoon. Present indications are for ! freshening easterly and northerly winds, weather fair in the north, with increasing haze and cloudiness generally and rain following on the West Coast and southern districts. The barometer will probably fail everywhere soon." Fishing in the Opihi on Tuesday last Mr Arthur Hope landed a beautiful 16pound trout. Attention is drawn to the clearing sale to be conducted by the Canterbury Farmers' Co-operative Association on account of Mrs I/yne at Claremont tomorrow. j In to-da.y"s issue Sparrow and Co., : are advertising cheap town properties a>nd farms for straight out sale or ex- ; change. Royal Arch Masons wili note that a B«gular Convocation of the fcrhapter i of St. John 1137. E.C., will be held this evening at half-past seven. The lady who posted a packet at Timaru a few days ago containing plaid ! cloth, ribbon, ete.. for her grandson Angus, is requested to call at the chief clerk's room at the Timaru post office. A farewell sccra-l will be tendered Mr Dan and the Misses Gregan in the Pleasant Valley school tomorrow evenins.

Tw\? nnna ,l I ? eetin .g of the Timaru Draughts Club will be held in JlQtcaison s to-morrow at S p.m.

Before 11 o'clock last night there ejections made at the "Herald" office, several being from Temuka and Waimate.

The number of votes polled at the :maru booth at Kowai Camp yesteray was not as large as was expected. AJi:s was due in part to tlie fact that good many men had been obliged to return home.

, B°rough Council's new motor s appeared for the first time vesteraay on ,cs official running. Tlie traffic s exceptionally heavy and at t:mes vas Packed on both .. 1 * vas a source of mucli curiosity to the public generally.

iiWjf lar Sest reinforced concrete punt Ivwn }l" 0r d has Punched in lfe i Tt is of 750 tons- ' "Mi g 60 feet b «>a d - It stage 35 3 ferj '- v jandins

A young policeman in Melbourne aijested lianuan, a prominent detec- ;' °\ . s " s F lc i°u of being a notorious e vel thief. He had handcuffed bin., when the detective produced a warrant card he was released.

At Oama.ru yesterday a poll was carried by 310 to ] 2 y j n favour of a loan of £30,100 to insial clrttricitv in tho town, power to be obtained from the borough water supply.

Bees seem to thrive in an atmosphere of intellect and learning. Several hives nave been found in counirv schools in Canterbury this summer, and they have been a source of ' much annoyance. The latest scholastic apiary was at Esk Valley, where the Board had to bear the cost of clearing out four swarms of bees. °

The spouting round country schools and school residences has been responsible for much exnense -to the •South Canterbury Education Board, and very few meetings nass without a. ?£ S3 i° f leakl °S being heard of. At j ! ast . mee ting Mr Lindsay suggest--11 u" \ n u^ure tiie Board build- on all schools and residences overhanging eres and concrete channelling to carry the water away. The suggestion was handed on to the Board's ioreman.

The tenth annual reunion of the 6th N.Z.M.R., will be held at Godbsr s rooms, Cuba. Street, Wellington, at ■'•4s p.m. on Tuesday, June 2nd. This year the foregathering is of greater interest than usual., and lias a special o.arim on members' presence, as CoSonel Colvin, the corps' former commander, has most generously given a trophy to the regiment, remarking that "it was to show our old friends that one does remember with gratitude all the good work.they did. and the loyal soirit in. which it was done." GeneraTGodley, •who is the personal friend of Colonel Colvin has very kindly consented to make the presentation on his behalf. Colonel Andrew has just arrived from India on furlough, and will ooeupy the chair.

Commencing from the Ist May weekend cablegrams will be - telegraphed throughout whole route instead of from only cable stations as at present. The present rate of 9d per word for mess?ges for Great Britain by the Pacific and Eastern routes will continue, but the minimum charge will be reduced from 18s to los. Messages will also bo accepted for the Union' of South Africa at the rate of 8d tier word witJh a minimum charge of 13s 4d. At offices cf delivery the messages will be posted each Monday night for delivery on Tuesday morning.

The appeal made to tlie public on belialf of the family of Mr J. A. Lilley (formerly of Mayfield) has resulted In a sum of £lßo 6s 7d being collected bv means of subscription lists sent to various parts of Canterbury, from Tmiaru to north of Christehurch. The tee irish to thank all those who handled the l : sts, and those who subscribed, for their after inquiring into the facts and circumstances of the family, to take out a pokey of £IOO (payable if possible, at 25 years of age) on the life of each of the children, but as the money now collected is not quite sufficient- for this purpose it was decided to place the amount out at mortgage o+ 5i Tier cent, for a slinrt term, to enable tins to be done. The fnmm'tteß consists of Mr A. Harv«t /Poretnko). and Messrs George TTnrrison and Frank "Pnwson (Anama). who will continue in charn-e of thfe fund until it has been finally invcsted.

Freqnent letters from people at Home desiring to settle in New Zealand continue to be received by the Labour Department. A letter of more than usual interest came to hand by last mail from a resident in Alnwick. Erur'andj inouiring the prospects of obtaining employment in either dairying or sheep-farming in New Zealand. The writer states that he has not had any experience in either of these directions, bnt he is very handy with his hands and with his tools. His wife holds three diplomas for teaching in cookery, and is willing to either teach or cook on special occasions. The writer adds that he can bring from £IOOO to £ISOO, which he proposes to invest until he has had some experience. He asks the Department to advise him oh the matter, if it can offer him definite work, and what is the best time of the year to travel. The Department has forwarded a favourable reply.

Judgment was given yesterday at Timaru in a case heard at Geraldine, in which Caleb E. Sherratt (Mr Emslie) charged Norman Campbell (Mr Rolleston) with having on sth February at "Woodbury, kept a dog -of a creater age than six months for a period of 14 days without having registered it. The defence was that proceedings under the Act could only be initiated by or under the authority of the local authority; that no offence bad been committed as there was no registrar or registry office appointed by < the local authority; and that the local authority had postponed payment of the registration fee until 31A March. It was held that the informant when, appointed, became the statutory officer, and the local authority had no 'powerto interfere with him "in the performance of his duties under the statute. The magistrate quoted authorities in support of his judgment, and convicted defendant. The dispute was really between the local authoritv and - the registrar, in which the defendant had no actual part." He ordered defendant to pay costs of Court 7s, and solicitor's £3 3s. The case was a test one, and there were other two persons similarly charged. Elected by the unanimous vote of the people, to be the largest retailers of footwear in the Dominion, R. Hannah and Co. have built up their huge business on sound satisfaction. Forty-four years making and selling boots and shoes, especially in th« Quantities we do, is proof surely that Hannah hns the confidence of Qm people. All our goods are marked in : olain fienres —you can see the valueV - for yourself. ... "Wealth has been won from simple in", » ventions. If you have "it on a little de- '"",-1 vice for the home, office, factory or"/farm, lose no time in securing full jv ! patent rights. The "Inventor's Guide,"? published by Messrs Baldwin and ' ; ward, Patent Attorneys, Auckland, " Wellington, Christehurch. and Dunedin, will prove invaluable to you. W T rite' TO-DAY for this sgttoadid FREE b00k... • * \%£

There were nine applicants for old age pensions before "Mr V. 6. Day, S.M.j yesterday, at the Courthouse. All were women, and the applications were all granted, for various amounts.

In a civil case at the Magistrate's Court yesterday., while a local tradesman was defending his own case in which a certain portion of female apparel had mysteriously disappeared from a shop counter, he remarked on several astonishing cases of carelessness on the part of customers which had come under his observation during his business career. Only recently a new umbrella had been left on his premises, while on two different occasions a £5 note had been left on a shop counter, causing him to search for the owners.

The extraordinary faith which many people place in the curative powers of paraffin oil was the subject of a brief discussion at the "Wellington Hospital 80-ard's meeting last week. Mr F. T. Moore moved: "That the medical superintendent, Dr. Hardwiclt Smith, be asked to report upon the therapeutic value of paraffin oil and the best methods of obtaining a pure and abundant supply for general use by all classes of the community at cost price.*' 'Plie majority of members treated the alleged powers of paraffin oil facetiously, and Mr 'J. W. McEwan suggested that the encouragement of the eating of good apples would be more likely to benefit the health of the community. The motion was lost.

Just when to pi'onounce a person drunk seems to be a natter of controversy, and this was borne out at the Magistrate's Court, Timaru, yesterday. Three sailors said their cook was drunk on a certain date, but this was contradicted by a caretaker. The question became more complex, when a photographer declared that the man was too drunk to bo taken in a group photograph. A constable who had" a conversation with the cook five minutes before the photographer met him declared that the culinary artist was not drunk then. The Sub-Inspector narrowed the matter down when ho asked which was the more competent judge of drunkenness, the photographer or the officer of the law. "It sometimes took a. sober person all his time to sit still for a. photograph," remarked the Sub-Inspector.

Ji Credit for being one of those who initiated the campaign against slum areas in New Zealand was claimed for the Mount Roskill Road Board by Mr C. Bagley _ (the retiring chairman). Town-planning, he said, had always been one of his ideals, and the Mount Roskill Board had been one of the local bodies to lead the way in combating congestion in building areas. They had had their fights over the matter in the Courts, but Eventually the law was amended in such a way that it was now practically impossible for slum areas to exist in New Zealand. In this connection he himself had been 13 times to Wellington, and on 12 of these occasions he had paid his own expenses. It had cost him no'E lees than £lO every time. Two weeks in Wellington, Auckland and Christchurch is the record of '•The Last Da,ys of Pompeii," a 7,000 root masterpiece of motion photography to be shown by Fullers this evening. ... To appreoiate fully the wonderful prowess of the new Darracq you must ride in it. To drive it is to find a car silent on all gears, powerful on hills, the engine answering to all the severe demands faultlessly. As you glid.j smoothly along you marvel at the wond erf id flexibility of the new model. Should you wish to test her speed, just press your accelerator pedal, when at six or sixty miles per hour you find it the essence of comfort. ... Of great value in convalescenceBaxter's Quinine Port Wine—lt is nourishing and strengthening; will brace you up quickly, restore the lost appetite, and digestion, and build up the entire system. Each dose does good. Price 23 Cd per bottlo at Baxter's Pharmacy, Theatre Euudirns, Timaru. ... Kodak Happy Moment Competition. Have you sent in your album of ten pictures for this competition yet? Remember you have only nine weeks loft in which to get those albums completed and there will surely be some prizes come to Timaru. Don't leave it too late.' we develop and print your films if you wish it. Yoti need only take the photograph. We will do the rest. The Kodak Depot, Baxter's Pharmacy, Timaru. ... The premises burnt out some few weeks ago and occupied by W . A. Peareon and Co. have now been finished and fitted out in the latest city style. More ventilation throughout the building has been obtained and the whole shop has been Temodelled. The firm are deter, mined to do their utmost in catering for their customers. They have opened up a new stock of men's goods and tailoring tweeds and if low prices consistent with ?v' workmanship counts, we axe sure tho firm will get a good share of trade... "Discretion in speech is greater than eloquence. -—Both are embodied m the simple words "Martell's for ma •—what's yours?" Martell's Brandy—the connoisseur's choice...